Confectionery-machine.



PATENTED .TUN 18, 1907= A. S. JACOLUGCI.`

CONPEGTIONBRY MACHINE.

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APPLIOATILON FILED MAB.. 13, 1907.

ATTDRNEAY ALEXANDER S. JACOLUCOI, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. I

CONFECTlONERY-NIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application filed March 13, 1907. Serial No. 362,209.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER S. JACO- LUccr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inConfectionerydvlachines, of which the following is a specification,reference being had tion and quality of fproduct; andfinally, to..

adapt the machine or propelling the cream in opposite directions.

Other advantages will hereinafter be pointed out and claimed.

To the above ends essentially my invenw tion consists in novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein,

Figures 1 and 2 are front and plan elevations respectively of my newmachine, with parts in Fig. 2 broken away. Fig. 3, a section of the sameon line x :n of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5, side and end elevationsrespectively of one of the beater arms, and Figs.` 6 and 7, a side andtop plan view respectively of one of the cross bars.

Like reference characters indicate parts throughout the views.

My machine consists of a rectangular oblong frame, comprising side andend walls, 1 and 2, respectively. The frame is supported by endstandards, 3. Near one end of the frame is a transverse bar, 4, fixed tothe side walls, 1, by screws,.5. In the end walls, 2, are bearings, 6,and in the bar, 4, a bearing, 7. A bracketarm, 8, fixed to one of thestandards, l3, has in its end a bearing, 9.

vlike `Mounted in bearings, 6, 7 and 9 is a divided driving shaft, 10,carrying pulleys, 11 and 12. A driving belt, 13, connects the pulleyswith any convenient source of power. Each of the inner faces of thesides, 1, of the frame is provided with a longitudinal groove, 1.4,

rectangular in cross section, whereby is pro- V duced a shoulder, 15.Intermediate the groove, 14, and the top of each wall, 1, the inner faceof the latter is provided with a series of vertical channels, 16,producing a series of vertical ribs, 17, An oblong trough, 18,transversely curved, has marginal fianges, 19, adapted to slide endwiseinto the grooves, 14, and rest upon the shoulders, 15. The troughextends from the bearing, 7, nearly to the end of the frame beneath thebeating mechanism hereinafter described. Mounted in the groove orchannel, 14, is a series of fiat cross-bars, 20, interspaced from eachother by the ribs, 17. In detail the cross-bars have each a hub orbearing, 21, midway its length, provided with an oblong curved cavity,22. The bar ends have lateral Tshaped lugs or extensions, 23. TheT-shaped ends of the cross-bars are after the-insertion of the trough,18, slid down through the channels, 16, into the channel, 14, wheretheir lower faces rest upon the iianges, 19 of the trough. The drivingshaft, 10, passes through the cavities, 22, of the bearings, 21. 1

A series of arms or beaters, 25, are mounted on the driving shaftintermediate the cross-bars. In detail, they comprise hubs, 26, in whichare set screws, 27, to fix them to the shaft, 10. The body of eachbeater is nearly lozenge shaped in cross section. That is, the oppositefaces of the portion of the arm on one side of the hub is provided withparallel bevels, 29, while the opposite portion of the arm on the otherside of the hub has parallel bevels, 30, but oppositely directed to thebevels, 29. Vhen the shaft, 10, rotates, the plane surfaces, 30', of thebeaters are adjacent the flat faces of the cross-bars and the bev-I/Vhile the surface,

eled faces are working. 29, is pushing in one direction, a surface, 30,is pushing in an opposite direction.

Over the beating mechanism is a curved cover, 32, provided with marginalflanges, 33, which is inserted endwise into the frame with its iiangesresting upon the lugs, 23, of the bars, 20, and beneath the ends of theribs, 17 The center ofthe cover is provided with an oblong rectangularopening, 34, with mar ginal vertical walls, 35, terminating in marginalbeads, 36. A rectangular hopper or funnel, 37, is provided with verticalleteral lugs, 38, upon two opposite sides, in the lower ends of whichare inwardly directed screws, 39, which engage the lower parts ofthebeads,

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36. The lugs and screws permit longitudinal adjustment of the funnel toany position relative to the opening, 34. A coupling, 40, is lied uponthe adjacent ends of the split pulley, 10, between the bar, 4, and endwall, 2.

The operation of my machine is as follows: The funnel 37, is adjustednear one end of the opening, 34, and the material to be operated uponpoured therethrough, upon the beaters, 35, which operate as alreadydescribed to thicken and advance the material. The shape and correlationof the beaters and cross bars being such as to act upon the materialnear the center of the beaters and bars as effectively as at the 'endsthereof, a result which is not attained by beaters having twisted orpropeller shaped blades. The thickened material advances to the end ofthe housing formed by the trough and cover, and fall therefrom into anydesired receptacle. Vhen, as is sometimes the case, it is desired torebeat the material, the peculiar form of the beaters makes it possibleto do so by merely twisting the belt, 13. When for the purpose ofrepair, cleaning, or coloring it is desirable to have access to theparts of the machine, the cover and trough are slid from the grooves,14; the screws, 27, of the beaters are loosed; and the shaft, l0,uncoupled, and withdrawn, whereupon the beaters fall out, and thecross-bars are then removed through the channels, 16.

What I claim is,p

l. In a machine of the type set forth, the

combination with the frame and driving shaft, of a series of barsmounted in the frame,

and a series of beater arms provided with oppositely directed beveledportions upon opposite sides of their centers iiXed to the shaft andalternately disposed with relation to the bars. y

2. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with the frameand driving shaft, of a series of independently slidable bars mounted inthe frame, and a series of beater arms provided with oppositely directedbeveled portions u on opposite sides of their centers, fixed to t eshaft and alternately disposed with relation to the bars.

3. In a machine of the type set forth, the

combination with the frame provided with longitudinal grooves upon itsopposite inner faces, of a shaft rotatably mounted in the ends of theframe, a trough slidably mounted in the grooves, transverse barsprovided with enlarged ends which rest upon the trough, a cover alsoslidably mounted in the grooves and resting upon the ends of the bars,and beater arms upon the shaft alternately disposed with relation to thebars.

4. In a machine of the type set forth the combination with the frame, ofa cover slidably mounted in the frame and provided.

with an oblong opening, and a funnel slidably mounted upon the coverabove the opening, and means for adjusting the funnel.

5. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with the frameprovided with longitudinal grooves upon its opposite inner faces, of adivided shaft rotatably mounted in the ends of the frame, a troughslidably mounted in the grooves, a series of removable bars traversedloosely by the shaft and resting upon the margins of the trough, aslidable cover whose margins rest upon the ends of the bars, and beaterarms removably mounted upon the shaft in alternate relation to the bars.

6. In a machine of the type set forth, the

combination with the frame provided with longitudinal grooves upon itsopposite inner faces of, a shaft rotatably mounted in the ends of theframe, a trough resting in the grooves, transverse bars looselytraversed by the shaft and resting upon the trough, a cover also mountedin the grooves above the bars and provided with an oblong opening in itstop a flange upon the margin of the opening of the cover, a funnelslidably mounted upon the flange, means for adjusting the funnel, andbeater arms upon the shaft alternately disposed with relation to thetransverse bars.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ALEXANDER S. JACOLUCCI.

litnesses HoRA'rio E. BELLows, WALTER E. GooDwiN.

